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My advise to everyone here thinking about going into the Marine Corps……..DONT! Join the Army or the Air Force. I've learned in my years in the Corps that most leaders are all about them selfs, not about the Corps. They may use the Corps as an excuse as to why they do a lot of the stupid things they do; but the fact is that most leadership, mostly SNCO's and maybe a few officers care more about them selfs than anything else.
Some of the dumbest people I've ever known are Marines. And what's worse is that all of these MOTARDS lead Marines. I work with one right now who is about the dumbest SNCO I've ever seen in my life. He's all ego and very little common sense. I work with another one who has no initive. These are the kind of people that are getting promoted even with bad paper work on them. If you have a good PFT/CFT, done some PME that no one really does any way and look sexy in your promotion picture, you will get promoted. I've known some terds that have made rank that way. This is because the promotion boards are selecting people for too much of the wrong reasons.
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The electric guitar is an instrument that took the world by storm. Rising from nonexistence to prominence in nearly every genre in just a few decades, it's had an impact on the music scene that no one can deny. If you're looking to follow in the footsteps of legends like Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana or modern guitar heroes like Dave Grohl and Tom Morello, then choosing a solid-body electric guitar is an important rite of passage.
Solid-body designs are the most common type of electric guitar, owing to their outstanding versatility. The Fender Stratocaster is a solid body electric that is considered to be on the the iconic guitars in rock and roll. Six strings is par for the course, but if you're adventurous you can also challenge yourself with extended-range 7-, 8-, 10- or even 12-string guitars. Under those strings are the pickups, which come in two major varieties. Single coils were the original style pickups, and they're still widely in use today. These pickups are known for allowing a little bit of feedback, or hum, giving a vintage character to their sound.
The second type of pickup is dual-coil, also known as humbuckers because they cancel out that hum. The two coils have a side-effect that results in a more powerful, heavy tone, making them the go-to pickups for distortion-rich genres like metal, grunge and alternative. The tone is also affected by the wood of the guitar body, which has a subtle impact on the overall character of the sound. Poplar and alder are some of the most common tonewoods, since they create bright, balanced sounds that flatter precision playing. On the other end of the scale you have maple and mahogany, which yield a darker, mellower tone. Other woods, like basswood and ash, lie somewhere in the middle, providing a neutral character that makes them amazingly versatile.
Apart from the pickups and body material, one of the other factors to take into account when choosing your guitar is the neck style. It may seem simple at first glance, but there are a lot of differences from one neck to the next. For example, is the back C-shaped or V-shaped? What is the radius of the fretboard? Fretted or fretless? Rosewood or ebony on top, maple or mahogany in back? All of these things distinguish one guitar neck from the next, and you owe it to yourself to do your homework here. It might take some thought in order to figure out for certain what works best for you, but it's worth the effort a guitar that's the right "fit" will be a joy to play. So, take your time and make your decision carefully. With your favorite guitar in your hands and plenty of practice to get to know its ins and outs, you'll be well on your way to earning your own place in music history.
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Hotel building was a historical home carefully restored in 70 rooms are furnished to emphasize comfort with a warm atmosphere. The Byzantium Hotel rooms are equipped with everything to provide business and/or leisure traveler needs. While guests are enjoying their stay in an oriental and historical environment, their comfort is also considered. That historical hotel will be your favourite for your business or holiday accommodation
Tv with European Satellite Channels, Direct Dial Phone, Wireless Internet Connection, Air Conditioner, Laptop Size Safe Box, Minibar, Coffee & Tea Maker, Private Bathroom, Shower, Phone in Bathrooms, Hair Dryer, Slippery, Wake Up Service, Pillow Menu, Turkish Delights at Check In, Baby Cot on Request, The Electricity in the Rooms is 220 volt.
These rooms have a double bed or two single beds, air conditioning, heating, a telephone, satellite LCD TV, a minibar, a shower, a magnifying mirror, a hair dryer, a safe, 24 hour room service and wireless Internet Access.
The Byznatium Hotel Suites with 70 sqm, include every detail for your comfort. In the Suites, you may relax in the living room which is fully equipped with a desk, and a TV or you may prepare cold snacks in the kitchenette. Elegant bathroom with a jacuzzi has a rain showerhead and herbal beauty products with a special foams.
The Byzantium Hotel Spa encourages a complete spa experience for the body and mind and offers natural therapies and treatments like massages, facials, hydrotherapy, hands, feet and body treatments
The restaurant, in fact offers its' guests a breathtaking panoramic view of Istanbul. Guests can enjoy such splendid view while enjoying a delicious Mediterranean and Ottoman cuisine
The breakfast menu offers you a rich buffet over 80 alternatives including some Turkish specialities
The staff were very friendly and helpful and we were also upgraded to a suite which was amazing ! We ate at the restaurant and had a lovely meal with a fantastic view over the Bosphorus. We have travelled to Istanbul many times but we are definitely going back to the Byzantium (in February) as it is one of the best hotels we have stayed in. Would definitely recommend this hotel.
We stayed in 3 different hotels in Istanbul during our vacation, and The Byzantium was by far the best. The hotel is beautifully decorated. The room although a little small, catered for all our needs. The hotel is spotless. The ladies in reception were really friendly and went out of their way to assist us. At breakfast the concierge lady walked around and chatted to the people.
The staff were really helpful, with a tourist guide on hand to advise. The hotel reception staff even outside the hotel recognised us and helped us with transport information.
The hotel is compact very clean and comfortable.
Es un gran hotel. La ubicación es excelente, la atención es excelente, la limpieza es excelente. Los cuartos están muy bien. El desayuno es buenÃsimo. El precio es muy razonable. Además tiene un restaurant, muy barato, en la terraza, con una vista muy buena.


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LOGAN COUNTY –The 2013 portion of the 2012 basketball season is just around the corner. Here is a look at the local boys' teams to date.
The Caliche Buffaloes wrapped up the 2012 portion of their season with a win over Briggsdale. That leaves the Buffaloes with a 5-1 overall record. The only loss for the 1A team has been to 2A Haxtun.
Caliche, with 394 points scored so far, is second in offense in the Lower Platte League. They trail only the very high-powered offense of Akron that has scored 592 points this season, albeit in two more games.
Caliche has a +91 point differential this season, behind only the +145 differential of Akron and just ahead of the +90 from Haxtun.
The Fleming Wildcats are sitting on a 4-1 record, losing only their first game of the season to last year's 1A champ, Caliche. Fleming has a +112 point differential, by far the best in the North Central League.
The Wildcats have three different players with double-digit point differentials. Dustin Price is averaging nearly 18.6 points per game, with 14.4 points per game coming from Tanner Serrato. Tyler Vandenbark has scored an average of 10.6 per game to date.
Vandenbark has 22 assists to date this season, with Price leading the team with 35 rebounds and Serrato right behind with 31. Serrato also leads the team with 17 steals.
The Haxtun Bulldogs ran through the 2012 portion of the season unscathed, racking up a 5-0 record before break.
The closest contest that the Bulldogs have faced to date was the final game of 2012, when they beat Peetz by just seven points.
Every other win this season for the Bulldogs has come by a double-digit differential, making Haxtun an early favorite in 2A. Their game on Jan. 25 against Akron will be their biggest test against a 2A opponent this season.
The Merino Rams have stumbled a little out of the gate, reaching a 2-4 record. To date the Rams have been outscored by 88 points total. Those numbers are off as the Rams have been hampered by injuries and illness early in the season.
Clint Fiscus is leading the Rams in scoring with 90 points so far this season and a 15 point per game average.
Jorden Jole is right behind with a 9.8 point per game average.
Fiscus also leads the team in assists with 12 to date and steals with 17. Jole leads the team in rebounds with 44 but Kix Conger, who missed two games this season, has the best rebound per game average with a 8.5.
Merino should see an upswing with its squad healthy.
The Peetz Bulldogs are 2-4 so far this season, but with early and competitive games against Haxtun, Pawnee and Caliche.
The Bulldogs have a lot of dynamic scorers, with Josh Fiscus getting 16.3 points per game and Tom Karnik scoring 12.8 points per game. Austin Crane and Troy Clevenger average nearly at 10 points per game.
Clevenger is leading the team in rebounds with 69 total and 11.5 per game average. Crane, Clevenger, Fiscus and Karnik both have double digit steal totals and Cran and Fiscus both have 21 assists to date this season.
The Bulldogs have all the pieces to be very competitive as well.
There are a lot of competitive teams in northeastern Colorado and the meat of the season hasn't even started yet, but every team is one to watch this year.
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Part racing game, part blowing stuff up, Black Rock Studio's Split/Second hits May 18, Disney Interactive Studios announced today.
The game is due out on the PC for $50 and Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 for $60. The game is set to hit Europe on May 21.
I haven't had a chance to check the game out recently, but I enjoyed my time with it when I played through a map last summer. The game has players racing in a reality TV show that features tracks that allow gamers to trigger explosive events that can take out other racers or change the course.


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CHICAGO – Barely more than a month into his rookie season, it's much too early to make career predictions for 22-year-old Gordon Beckham, the White Sox third baseman.
But hitting coach Greg Walker already sees more than a faint resemblance to Michael Young, the Texas Rangers third baseman and one-time American League batting champion.
"In body type, natural talent and position, they're similar," Walker said before the game Wednesday against Cleveland. "Their swings are a bit different, but there are a lot of things that are alike about them.
"In talent level, Michael Young is one of the elite players and has been for awhile, but that's the name that other people in the game have mentioned to me. To me, you have to earn the right to be compared to someone of that caliber. Gordon has a long way to catch Michael Young, because he has had a great career."
Based on what Walker has seen thus far, the coach believed that Beckham had a chance to become a special player in his own right.
"When we drafted Gordon, we believed that his mechanics were good and his talent was elite," Walker said. "After being around him in spring training, we saw a kid that not only respected the game and his teammates but had an inner confidence about him. That's the kind of make-up we look for in a player."
Beckham was recalled went hitless in his first 13 at-bats in the major leagues. His struggles prompted criticism that he had been called up too soon after only 59 games in the minor leagues. Since then, he hit .306 with three home runs and 17 RBI in 25 games.
By comparison, Young was 24 years old when he played his first full season in the major leagues. He .249 with 11 home runs and 49 RBI in 106 games.
"I'm sure there were a lot of people who said, 'This kid isn't as good as they thought he would be,'" Walker said. "But in the clubhouse, that wasn't our thought process. Our belief was that Gordon would have bumps in the road but had the mental make-up to handle them. Our approach was, let him play and see what happens.
"Now you can tell that he's more comfortable out there. He's well-liked in the clubhouse. His teammates give him a lot of grief, and he takes it. His confidence doesn't waver much."


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Beads, Glitter, Sparkle, Shine, Tinsel = Little Bottles!
Little bottles, is what I've named these little treasures! Oh the fun you are going to have using all these wonderful little packages! These little bottles, from Act-C™ come in a couple of sets. A glitter set and a Bead set each include 8 different colors. But here's the beauty of them – each color comes in 3 little bottles, and NO set is EXACTLY the same …
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Ranging in colors from gold, pink, purple, black, white, blue…and on and on. I happened to pick up the yellow bead set to find that it contains little stars
Blue bead set, comes with 3 different sizes and shapes of beautiful blue beads…LOVE THEM!
Not only will you be able to add Sparkle and Tinsel to your projects, but you'll also have added inspiration with the beads! Giving all your projects shimmering finishes!
NO these weren't my favorite ones, because picking one color just isn't an easy task! Believe me I tried, seem like as soon as I put one down…there was another color in a completely different size or shape and color of bead or glitter.
We found so many unique ways of using these little bottles however, I think we found one of the best ways to use them! Hot off the Press, Double Stick Dazzles™. A perfect combination – and so easy to use. I've listed some of the Double Stick Dazzles™., along with a couple of projects to give you some added inspiration!
You'll have a total of 24 bottles in each collection! However each set can be purchased separately. What do you think? Do you believe in love at first site? How will you use these little bottles?
Just remember…. Precious moments are like jewels, they add "glitter" to our lives! Thank you for taking the time to read our little blog ~ Cristina
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MONTREAL - In the business of recycling and recovering golf balls, someone's loss is truly another's gain.
More than 200 million balls are lost in golf-course ponds and lakes every year in the United States and – with a resale value of at least $1 per ball – that's a $200-million industry.
Distribution Golf FPC Inc. – located in Beloeil, south of Montreal – is the largest golf ball recovery and recycling company in Canada, putting more than 15 million balls back in play every year.
The company has contracts with about 150 courses in Quebec and many in Ontario. And with a team of 40 licensed scuba divers, it recovers as many as 8 million balls annually.
"We recycle every ball we get," Christian Breton, Golf FPC vice-president, told The Gazette. "We get them, clean them and grade them. In Quebec, we have contracts with Walmart Canada and Golf Town, who re-sell them as recycled balls.
"It's a good business and one that keeps us very busy."
Breton and François Pouchet, the company's founding president, are former high school buddies who took scuba-diving lessons at age 15. They have been partners in the business for more than 20 years, and in addition to recycling golf balls have a wide range of other golf-related products.
The company also sells recycled balls to golf clubs for resale in pro shops and also sells them at its own warehouse facility.
"We don't furbish balls as some companies in the United States do … where they remove the cover, put on a new one, print it and give them a clear (surface) coat and then sell them," Breton said. "That's another business completely.
"The good balls we get go back on the market, like Walmart and Golf Town and at pro shops, while the really bad ones we sell at our warehouse store in bags of 500 for 50 cents a ball, so $50. Every ball is recycled.
"People who buy those might have a cottage or someplace to hit balls just for practice or fun," Breton added.
The amount of balls retrieved depends on each course and the number of rounds played on it.
Breton said the most balls his company has recovered from one lake on one course was at the Parcours du Cerf in Longueuil, where divers recovered 500 balls twice a week for a period of time.
Breton noted there was a time when the fee the company paid in exchange for access to a club's ponds was "1,000 perfect balls for free."
Now recycled balls are sold back to clubs for as little as 22 cents apiece.
"It's a good price because courses can re-sell them for $1 or more," Breton said. "If I can make about 30 cents (a ball) I'm happy because of the expenses I have."
The business has changed for the better in recent years, with a significant drop in thefts by so-called "nighthawks" or "nighthunters" who would slip onto courses late at night to raid ponds and lakes of balls before a company like Breton's could get its divers out.
"Twenty years ago, golf ball recovery was something like the Klondike gold rush," Breton said. "A lot of people saw it as a good way to make money. A lot who tried to do it didn't have a license to dive. They bought used equipment, went into the water and got into trouble.
"I remember two or three guys in Ontario died years ago when they got into trouble trying to do it with no diving experience. Because of that, new laws (pertaining) to scuba diving in Ontario came around.
"But it was a very huge war in the past between rival companies because the only way to get large quantities of balls was to steal them during the night," Breton continued. "With fewer companies now, including one we bought out, we're more concentrated. Nobody in Quebec can do the job like us."
Breton hauled up more than just balls from the often dark, muddy waters when he was still diving on a regular basis. There have been golf bags, pull carts, even motorized power carts.
"Happens every year," he said. "Someone drives a cart into the water and we're called to come and pull it out."
Breton also remembered when Pouchet, on site at the St. Raphaël Golf Club on Île Bizard, was driven to the par-3 12th (now the eighth hole) with an island green to dive for a golf club belonging to a Canadiens player at the time.
"He told François that the club just 'flew out' on his hands, but François was sure that's not exactly what happened," Breton said with a laugh.
Scuba divers here don't face the same risks and dangers some do in the U.S., particularly in southern states. In addition to being in water so dark a diver can't read his pressure gauge, hazards there can include poisonous snakes and alligators.
Veteran golf ball diver Norm Spahn, who once pulled 15,000 from the famous No. 17 island green at the Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., has survived three bites from venomous water snakes and an attack by an alligator that left his left arm scarred.
Brett Parker, another experienced diver in the U.S., nearly drowned in 1993 when he got tangled in fishing lines attached to a submerged tree. He never dove again without a hunting knife as part of his diving kit.
During his career, Parker has also found four complete sets of Ping clubs, two BMWs, two Cadillacs, many guns, and the body of a dead woman in another car.
"The risks here aren't that great," Breton said. "The hazards we're in aren't deeper than 5 to 7 feet. But it's a dirty, stinky business, and somebody has to do it."
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Toothpaste can do more than keep your teeth white, and oatmeal isn't just for breakfast. We have some common household products you can put into some interesting and money-saving uses.
We all know what duct tape, toothbrushes, Alka-Seltzer, and dryer sheets are supposed to be used for, but now you're going to find out what else they can be used for.
Duct tape can be used for all sorts of things, including wart removal. Three dermatologists told MSN Money that all you have to do is leave a piece of the tape on the wart for six days, remove it for twelve hours and then repeat the process until the wart goes away.
The same stuff that keeps your pearly whites white can clean your jewelry. Just rub and rinse and the results will have you smiling.
Sure, Alka-Seltzer can relieve heartburn, but it can also help soothe insect bites. The aspirin in it helps to exfoliate the bite and it reduces inflammation.
Here's another tip. If you need a simple cure for stinky shoes, stick a dryer sheet inside each to keep them fresh. They also make great car fresheners.


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'Pippi Longstocking' Sex Tape -- Shades of Kim K, Paris, Farrah ...
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"Pippi Longstocking" hit the streets yesterday and once again insisted she's only putting out her sex tape to beat a bitter ex-BF to the punch ...but we gotta ask, you really buyin' that?
We broke the story ... a Tami Erin sex tape was being shopped to various media outlets. At first, Tami claimed she would fight the release tooth and nail ... but later changed her mind.
So, we gotta ask ... after watching the video, you think Tami is truly a victim trying to get ahead of a bad situation ... or was she in on it from the beginning?
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BMC buys BladeLogic, eyes data center automation — BMC said Monday that it will buy BladeLogic, which specializes in automating data centers, for $800 million, or $28 a share. — The news comes on the heels of a bevy of data center announcements from HP, which is hoping enterprises go for its data center as a service strategy.
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Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots — Beijing appears to have taken a page out of Myanmar's playbook by blocking some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet that has already seen as many as 80 people killed, according to the Tibetan government in exile.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Videos Of Tibetan Protest Get YouTube Banned In China
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John Oates / The Register: China blocks YouTube
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The Censors Take Down YouTube and Google News in China. How Will Google Respond? — Amid the recent protests and violent crackdown in Tibet, the Chinese government is closing off all media access to the region and censoring reports about Tibet inside China. That includes not just CNN, but YouTube and Google News.
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China blocks YouTube over Tibet videos
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Automated CAM Turns Programmers Into Engineers
Faced with programming bottlenecks, this OEM leveraged the automatic feature recognition and toolpath associativity capabilities of Edgecam CAM software to automate the machining of repetitive parts.
Spending days isolated in a programming office typing variables such as hole locations, diameters and depths; thread styles; pockets; and bosses into dialog boxes might make a skilled machinist feel like little more than a data-entry clerk. While generating proper machining code is extremely important, such duties can be wasted on those with strong manufacturing skill sets. These employees' time would likely be better spent innovating, troubleshooting and training on the shop floor.
PGI International has overcome this troublesome scenario. Frustrated with keeping its most valuable workers tied up in programming, the Houston, Texas-based OEM recently implemented what it calls its "Zero Code Initiative." That is, it has almost completely automated CNC machine programming with toolpath associativity and automatic feature recognition. As a result, PGI has not only enabled its best machinists to do what they do best, but also improved productivity, assured revision control for its valve body and manifold products, and provided foolproof capabilities for upgrading processes and tooling whenever an opportunity arises. A prime facilitator of the initiative is Edgecam CAM software from UK-based Planit Solutions (the company's U.S. headquarters is located in Southfield, Michigan).
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"Our Zero Code Initiative means we are going to a zero programming environment," says PGI manufacturing engineer and lead programmer Tim Caron. "No code is written conventionally."
PGI is a privately held company that employs more than 500 people worldwide. It produces instrument valves, manifolds, agricultural valves and oilfield components. A significant portion of the company's roughly $60 million in annual sales comes from its valves and manifolds, which are sold standalone or built into other PGI systems.
At the front end of the company's programming systems are SolidWorks CAD software from Dassault Systemes and Edgecam Solid Machinist, which is used to import design files from SolidWorks. Before the Zero Code Initiative, however, this capability was typically not used, contributing to a bottleneck in programming. Rather than importing design files with Solid Machinist, programmers typically redrew the geometry of every job in CAM. Additionally, they insisted on proofreading their work, which often amounted to thousands of lines of code per job, despite the availability of Edgecam's CNC code verification and simulation modules.
Following this conventional approach to CNC programming had significantly hampered output and productivity at PGI. Programming was slow and unique to each programmer, so standardized programs were rarely available on the shop floor. Having literally thousands of programs on the floor left the company with no effective revision control, and process upgrades were extremely difficult. As an example, Mr. Caron cites the fact that the company's recent switch to indexable carbide cutting tools was stalled for years. "Even the smallest process change was a huge hassle and avoided whenever possible," he says.
By fully leveraging the capabilities of Edgecam, the company has significantly improved its method for programming CNC machining operations. Programs are now assembled from individual geometric features using macros written by Mr. Caron and Edgecam application engineers. Each job starts with a "seed" program that includes things such as setups, datum references and datum verification procedures with on-machine probing. The overall process is managed by what Mr. Caron calls his "all in one" macro.
Specific Edgecam features that contribute to achieving the company's goals include Strategy Manager, automatic feature recognition and Tool Store. Like many OEM products, individual part features at PGI seem to repeat endlessly—as Mr. Caron puts it, the company programs "features, not parts." When a job is released from design to manufacturing, automatic feature recognition acts as the Strategy Manager's eyes by identifying part features already in the database and calling out new ones. These features are preprogrammed in Strategy Manager, which functions as the
programmers' database.
"Whenever we think of a better way to program a feature, we update its machining strategy as a global process change," Mr. Caron says. Additionally, time is no longer wasted in maintaining, archiving and updating old part programs, because the company deletes every program after running it.
Preprogramming part features in Strategy Manager enforces program standardization and consistency of methods in the factory. The Strategy Manager also handles revision control and updates to tooling processes. Tool Store, the Edgecam database for cutting tools and spindle assemblies, always reflects the cutters loaded in each machining center's ATC. Solid Machinist also plays an important role. In addition to ensuring that all geometry and manufacturing information from the product designers' SolidWorks files are transferred properly to Edgecam, it alerts applications engineers of every design change.
Although programmers and manufacturing engineers have used feature-based programming for many years, PGI has taken it one step further. The Strategy Manager automatically generates all cutter paths for a given part from that part's features. For each type of valve or manifold, Strategy Manager fills in the blanks for dozens of machining variables. Thus, jobs that once took 3 to 6 hours of complex, tedious programming are now finished in 30 minutes or less.
As a result of the Zero Code Initiative, PGI has realized a 400-percent gain in application engineers' productivity. Today, three programmers handle an average of 600 jobs per month, or 200 jobs each. Previously, four programmers did about 200 jobs a month, or only 50 jobs each. Moreover, production often begins on jobs 2 to 5 hours sooner compared to the previous process. Production costs have been reduced by a fifth, inventories have shrunk and secondary setups have been nearly eliminated. And with preprogrammed features now standardized, upgrading machining methods and tooling is much easier. Of course, the biggest long-term transformation is freeing skilled machinists to spend their days on the shop floor rather than entering data.
PGI continues to work to improve its processes. The company aims to make further strides in foolproof feature finding, which is key to successful cutter path automation. That means encouraging product designers to draw features consistently so they can be found without fail. Secondly, Mr. Caron wants to make cutter path automation maintainable with new features and strategies. "We want to make upgrades and enhancements second nature to programmers instead of something to be avoided," he says.
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